Noorvik, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Noorvik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Nazuruk Channel to 83 ft near the middle
Elevation
83 ft 25 m62 ft 19 m52 ft 16 m31 ft 9 m10 ft 3 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Noorvik sits at about 44 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
44 ft 13 m
most residents: 26–49 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Nazuruk Channel
Highest
83 ft 25 m
near the middle
Average
36 ft 11 m
all land inside city limits

Noorvik spans about 83 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
44 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
83 ft25 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Nazuruk Channel
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Noorvik
3 ft1 m
Airport (D76)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi south of the city limits
55 ft17 m
Average of all land36 ft11 m
Nearest peak
Hotham Peak, 8.9 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey)
1,647 ft502 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Noorvik, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Nazuruk Channel to 83 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
625 2024 est.
Land area
0.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
678 per sq mi
Coordinates
66.8383° N, 161.0328° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Norton Sound
Airport
Robert/Bob/Curtis Memorial (D76) 55 ft
ZIP codes 1
99763
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Dog Mine1,100 ft
  2. Ambler130 ft
  3. Kiana120 ft
  4. Shungnak120 ft
  5. Noatak100 ft
  6. Noorvik44 ft
  7. Deering38 ft
  8. Buckland23 ft
  9. Selawik15 ft
  10. Kotzebue8 ft
  11. Kivalina7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Deviation Peak2,680 ft
  • Asik Mountain2,240 ft
  • Mount Noak2,013 ft
  • Hotham Peak1,647 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.